Commander’s Notes 

Greetings:

Now that Fall is coming with cooler weather, I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable summer. With school starting again, we need to be watchful of kids going to and from school.

Coming in October will have the 100th birthday of the VFW 985 Post. More details coming as we get closer.

We continue to have some good food and drink specials each week, so come in and try some.

I again want to thank all our volunteers and we can still use more, so if you some free time we could use you.

Remember our veterans & families and any of our members that are having health problems.

The 3rd District Meeting is Sunday September 11th at 1:00 pm in our VFW Hall, please attend if you can.

Well, that’s all for now.

 

God Bless America!

Your Commander:

George Buckmaster

P.S. 1st Wednesdays,  House Committee 6:00, Post Officers 7:00 meetings.

 

 Adjutant’s Notes:

 Greetings my fellow VFW’ers and American Legion’ers! Well as summer is almost over, let’ s hope she hangs around for awhile yet… I thought I’d lend an ear to the turning of autumn and the falling of leaves. Don’t worry, we still have some time to spend at the lake or backyard BBQ’s!

I did want to remind everyone about the annual Ride to Remember on Sunday, September 11^th. It’s the annual motorcycle ride starting in Elkhart, riding through the county, stopping in Goshen (at the GPD), and then heading out around the county to finish back in Elkhart. The route will be the same, leaving Hoosier Harley around 12:30 PM, and arriving in Goshen around 2:30 PM (give or take). There, a brief ceremony honoring those fallen heroes from the Military, Police and Fire (from Elkhart Co).

On a side-note, that’s also the day for the District-3 meeting here at the V. Please come to one of them!

Since this is a bi-monthly newsletter, I’d be amiss if I didn’t mention the little gooles and goblins running around for Halloween. Please be attentive for the lil critters as they roam around the neighborhoods!

As a last note for this newsletter, remember recruiting and retention is your business too. Our ranks are dropping in numbers every year. As our older members retire from this earth to a better place, we need to refill our ranks. I hate to be nostalgic, but I remember when we had around 850 members in the Post and a bunch in the Aux too.

When you talk to a vet, see if they’re a member of the VFW or American Legion. If not, hand them an application or invite them to stop by for a cool and refreshing beverage! We also need the volunteers to keep the Post going. Some of our own have been burned out and need a break. Even if it’s only once a month helping out – that helps!

Trivia for this months newsletter: With the return of the TV Show the A-Team; 1) in the opening credits, what’s the inside joke for “Face”? 2) What does B.A. stand for (in the name) B.A. Baracus?

 

As always, your Adj

Jeff Schrock

 

 Chaplain’s Corner

Greetings to all of our veterans and their families!  Praying for those with health issues and God’s healing touch.

 We need to keep our Chaplain John in our prayers as he, himself is having his own health problems.

So please, keep he as a veteran and  our chaplain in our prayers.

In his place:

 Chaplain John A. Alheim

 Trivia answers:  1) A Cylon walks by, from Battlestar Galactica. In that TV show, he was Lt Starbuck.

2) Bosco Albert (or Bad Attitude) Baracus

 Auxiliary

Another VFW Post 985 AUXILIARY Golf Outing has come and gone!  What a great year from sponsors, golfers, and the golf committee! Thank you to Jeff, Jan S and Jan V, Katee, Angie, Tammy, Mary, Ana, Robert and Orv! You guys knocked it out of the park! Also, special thanks to Deb and Charlie for doing the dogs! Thanks to all that volunteered at the golf course too! It was a huge success! Also, thanks to those that help at the Post!

 Sept 11 is quickly approaching. Please take a moment to remember so many folks that we take for granted every day.  Also on September 11 is the District 3 meeting at our Post. Please come support the District like we support our Post!

 We can always use help on the second and third Friday of every month as we provide the meal on those evenings.

 Our meetings are the second Wednesday of every month at 7pm. We’ve had several new members join recently and we’d love to see you at a meeting or help with a meal.

Thank you, Veterans!

 Tim D